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Below there are links and contact details to other sites/organisations which may also be able to assist you with your recovery or in making life more manageable.

These links will be added to as we get more information from various agencies and useful contacts.

Acquired Brain Injury Floating Support Service

The service offers housing related support to adults in their own tenancy by enabling people to develop the necessary skills to live independently in the community. A floating support worker offers weekly visits to support and encourage with the following tasks; benefits advice and form filling, budgeting, reading and responding to mail, maintaining the property etc.

Bridgnorth and District Stroke Club

Carers Contact

Are you looking after a relative or friend who cannot manage at home without help?
Carer’s Contact can help you!.....

Call us for:
One to One Support
Local information on support for informal carers (family members, friends or neighbours)
Help to find your way around the system
Links to other people who can help and give advice - benefits, respite, counselling, support groups, voluntary organisations etc
Contact Line - 01952 201091
or email:carers.contact@telfordandwrekincvs.org.uk

Carers Contact Centre - Telford and Wrekin

A carer is someone of any age who looks after a relative or friend who cannot manage without help because of age, disability or long-term health needs, including mental illness or substance misuse.

Carers UK

Carers UK is a campaigning organization. We provide information and advice on all aspects of caring to both carers and professionals. CarersLine is a free advice line for carers staffed by welfare rights, community care and benefits experts, and answers over 22,000 carers’ enquiries each year.

This is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. Available for people in receipt of DLA.

The Card Network
The Technology Centre
Rossmore Business Park
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire. CH65 3EN

Citizens advice Bureau-Shrewsbury

The CAB offer general advice on all issues and specialist advice on benefits and debt.

Citizens Advice Bureau-Telford and Wrekin

A free, confidential, impartial and independent advice service that helps to solve problems central to peoples lives, including debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment and immigration.

Dial Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

DIAL Shropshire Telford & Wrekin provides independent information and advice on all aspects of disability for people with disabilities, their families, carers, health and social care professionals as well as offering support in challenging Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit decisions, appeals and representation at tribunals.

For more information contact:

Ground Floor
Allison House
Oxon Business Park
Shrewsbury
SY3 5HJ

Tel: 01743 240404 (Advice Line) (textphone)
Minicom: 01743 240404

DIAL is open 10.00 am - 3.00 pm Monday - Friday.

Personal callers are welcome. Parking is available for clients and visitors at Allison House, bus routes numbers 22, 70 and 75.

DIAL Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Ltd covers all of Shropshire and can also be contacted at the Telford office:

Telford Office:
Meeting Point House
Southwater Square
Telford
Tel: 01952 210202.

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 2.00 pm.

Different Strokes

9 Canon Harnett Court,
Wolverton Mill,
Milton Keynes,
MK12 5NF

Telephone: 01908 317618 (Central Office), 0845 1307172 (Stroke line)
Fax: 01908 313501

Different Strokes, a registered charity, provides a nationwide free service to young stroke survivors ‚ from young children, through to adults of working age. Integral to their services are Different Strokes Groups around the country providing weekly exercise classes, run by young stroke survivors for young stroke survivors.

We are a group of like-minded disabled people who enjoy being in the countryside, and who get about using paths and trails of all kinds. We are truly 'ramblers', although very few of us can walk more than a few yards!

FREE DISABILITY DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES
BT run a free Directory Enquiries service for anyone who cannot hold, handle
or read a phonebook. You don't need to be billed by BT to take advantage
of this facility, but you will need to inform your call time provider to ensure
that you are not charged for the call. All you need to do is fill out an application
form and provide evidence of your disability. To register please telephone
0800 587 0195. Full article on directory enquiries at
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com

The Encephalitis Society

The Encephalitis Society aims:
To improve the quality of life of all people affected directly and indirectly by encephalitis by:
• Supporting people – adults, children, families and carers of those affected by encephalitis, and by promoting better services.
• Raising awareness about the condition and its subsequent problems
• Providing tailor-made training packages for health and social care professionals
• Promoting research into encephalitis.

Headway Shropshire

Jean Robinson (Manager)
Holsworth Park,
Oxon Business Park,
Welshpool Road,
Shrewsbury,

We are an independent local charity for people who have a head or brain injury (including stroke). We offer an information service, day service, carers support and members social events.

The Huntington's Disease Association

The HDA is a UK registered charity which supports people affected by Huntington's disease (HD). We also provide information and advice to families, friends and health care professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families.

Inspire-us

Website: http://www.inspire-us.info

The Inspire Website has been designed to support and assist stroke and brain injury survivors, their families and carers. Inspire is trying to provide a 'one stop shop' that offers information, guidance, advice and signposting to other organisations.

Market Drayton and District Stroke Club

Mrs E Gollins (secretary)
Wyndhurst
Wollerton
Market Drayton,
Shropshire,
Telephone: 01630 685964

The club offers social activities, information and advice to people who are recovering from a stroke and their carers. It is affiliated to the Stroke association and meets on the 3^rd Monday of each month at 2pm in the Methodist church Hall.

Motor Neurone Disease Association

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is the only national organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to the support of people with MND and those who care for them.

PO Box 246,
Northampton
NN1 2PR
Tel: 01604 250505
Fax: 01604 624726/638289
Email: enquiries@mndassociation.org
Website: http://www.mndassociation.org

The MS Society Logo The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

We are a membership organisation but provide services to all. The Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, provides grants (financial assistance), education and training on MS. It produces numerous publications on MS and runs a freephone specialist Helpline.

England and Wales

MS Society
MS National Centre
372 Edgware Road
London
NW2 6ND
Tel: 020 8438 0700

http://www.mssociety.org.uk/

Welcome to NCIL
National Centre for Independent Living
This website is designed to be a resource on independent living and Direct Payments for disabled people and others working in the field.
NCIL is based in South London, but works all over the country. Our address is:
4th Floor, Hampton House
20 Albert Embankment London
SE1 7TJ
Tel: 0207 587 1663
Fax: 0207 582 2469
Text: 0207 587 1177
E-mail: info@ncil.org.uk

Web address: http://www.ncil.org.uk

Passport to Leisure

What is the Passport to Leisure?

The Passport to Leisure scheme has been introduced by Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council (SABC) to allow Borough residents who qualify, to take advantage of leisure provisions at a reduced cost!

Follow the link below for more information.

http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/Public/Leisure/Sport/passporttoleisure

Parkinson's Disease Society

is the leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their families, friends and carers.

If you want to get advice, information or support, call their free phone helpline on 0808 800 0303, Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm

Parkinson's Disease Society
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1EJ
Registered Charity No. 258197

http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/

Shopmobility Shrewsbury

We are happy to help anyone who needs help to get around Shrewsbury town centre. Manual and powered wheelchairs and scooters are available to hire.

Shopmobility Telford

Shropshire Aphasic Society affiliated to Speakability

Tel: Maureen on 01952 271532

This is a support group run by people with speech and memory problems. Open to sufferers and their carers. They have Social Events, such as Outings to Places of Interest and Short Holidays etc. They meet monthly in the Lounge of the Smithfield Inn, Bridge Road, Wellington, Shropshire.
At 1 pm on the third Monday of the month. Transport can be arranged locally.

Shropshire Care and Repair

Shropshire Care and Repair (SCAR) is a home improvement agency run by Anchor Trust to help older, disabled and vulnerable home owners and private tenants who live within Shropshire. The agency manages a countywide preferred contractor list to facilitate adaptations. Caseworkers provide clients with advice on benefits, financial information, completion of grant forms, guidance and additional services information. Technical officers provide detailed specifications, gain building and planning consent when required and manage the adaptations through to the completion of the scheme.

Shropshire County Council Blue Badge Service

The Disability Resource Centre,
Lancaster Road,
Harlescott,
Shrewsbury,
SY1 3NJ.

The Blue Badge parking scheme provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties, who travel either as passengers or drivers. It also applies to registered blind people and people with severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive but cannot turn the steering wheel by hand.

Shropshire County Primary Care Trust

Shropshire Disability Consortium

Stroke Association

The Stroke Association is a national charity that is solely concerned with stroke. Every year over 100,000 people in England and Wales have first strokes- about 10,000 are under the age of 55. The Stroke Association provides practical support for people who have had strokes, their families and carers.

The Wrekin Special Swimming Club, caters for adults and children with physical or learning disabilities, but also encourages friends and families of swimmers to join in. We provide guidance and assistance in the pool, but ask carers to help in the pool and to provide help in the changing rooms.

Our club operates on a Sunday only from 5.15pm to 6.15pm at the Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre, at a cost of £1 a session.

Telford and Wrekin Community Car Scheme

Using tail-lift vehicles or volunteers own cars we provide transport for people who thorough age, infirmity or disability are unable to use public transport.

Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service

Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust

Telford College of Arts and Technology

Val Jones,
Bridge Centre,
Telford College of Arts and Technology,
Haybridge Road,
Wellington,
Telford,
TF1 2NP.

They can assist you with literacy, numeracy, language and IT, at a variety of levels.

Welfare Benefit Advice.

Shropshire County Council provide advice and support on benefits to people receiving help from Community Services teams.

Willow Foundation.

a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of seriously ill young adults aged 16 to 40 through the provision of special days

PDSA

The working party and Shropshire Enablement Team would like to thank PDSA for their support and contribution in providing resources to help with advertising the website. Their contact details can be found below:

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